The heart of American poetry
(Book)
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Published
[New York, New York] : Library of America, [2022].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
808.1 HIRSC
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808.1 HIRSC
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Published
[New York, New York] : Library of America, [2022].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxvii, 452 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A Library of America special publication"
Description
"We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what's best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal readings of forty essential American poems we thought we knew--from Anne Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book" and Phillis Wheatley's "To S.M. a Young African Painter, on seeing his Works" to Garrett Hongo's "Ancestral Graves, Kahuku" and Joy Harjo's "Rabbit Is Up to Tricks"--exploring how these poems have sustained his own life and how they might uplift our diverse but divided nation. "This is a personal book about American poetry," writes Hirsch, "but I hope it is more than a personal selection. I have chosen forty poems from our extensive archive and songbook that have been meaningful to me, part of my affective life, my critical consideration, but I have also tried to be cognizant of the changing playbook in American poetry, which is not fixed but fluctuating, ever in flow, to pay attention to the wider consideration, the appreciable reach of our literature. This is a book of encounters and realizations.""--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hirsch, E. (2022). The heart of American poetry . Library of America.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hirsch, Edward. 2022. The Heart of American Poetry. Library of America.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hirsch, Edward. The Heart of American Poetry Library of America, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hirsch, Edward. The Heart of American Poetry Library of America, 2022.
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